ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS Onan “Tripp” Floyd – Oral History

Mom Dad Sister & Nephew Myself The Historians

Mama 1956 Born April Graduated High School 1978 Enlisted in AF 1984 Met & Married Husband 1985 Daughter Born Sept Son Born May Younger Brother Passed, Associate’s Degree 1995 Bachelor’s Degree, Commissioned in the AF 2008 Retired from AF 2008 Became a DoDDs Teacher 2009 Mother Passed, Grandson Born Sept. 7, Earned Master’s Degree 2011 Began PhD

Dad 1959 Born November Graduated High School 1979 Enlisted in AF 1984 Met & Married Wife 1985 Daughter Born Sept Son Born May Brother-In-Law Passed 1995 Bachelor’s Degree 2000 Retired from AF 2002 Became a Teacher 2004 Became a DoDDS JROTC Instructor 2009 Grandson Born Sept Became a M.S. AVID Teacher

Sister 1985 Born Sept Brother Born May Uncle Passed 2003 Graduated High School 2005 Left for College 2009 Grandma Passed, Son Born Sept. 7, Bachelor’s Degree 2011 Master’s Degree

Family First

What Made News in My Time 1995 O.J. Simpson Trial /11 Attacks 2007 Korea 2009 Bobby

O.J. Simpson Trial June 12, 1994 Murder of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole and her friend, Ronald Goldman. October 3, 1995 O.J. acquitted for the murders. February 4, 1997 O.J. found guilty in a civil court.

9/11 Attacks Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorists Extremists crash airplanes into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and PA field. 3,000+ lives lost. October 7, 2001 War in Afghanistan starts, marking the first major offensive in the War on Terror. March 20, 2003 Official start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Allied Forces took most of Baghdad by April 10 th.

Welcome to the ROK July 2007 Arrived in South Korea. Got first job as a Substitute teacher and coach. November 2007 Prime ministers from North and South Korea meet for the first time in 15 years. November 2010 N. Korea Fires artillery shells on S. Korea Yeonpyeong Island.

Call Me “Duncle” December 2008 “I’m pregnant!” My sister told the family she was expecting! Sep. 7, 2009 Robert Carlisle Goodman-Floyd joins the family. September 2010 We celebrated Bobby’s Dol, which is the Korean ceremony for a baby’s first birthday

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~Oscar Wilde Carpe Diem